Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

93758

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debt Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require HM Revenue and Customs to pause debt recovery action when a case has been accepted for investigation by the Adjudicator's Office and is awaiting a decision.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	210848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>HMRC have no plans to change its current policy of treating each case on its merits. Where HMRC believe the debt should be paid they will ask the customer to make payment, and ultimately take recovery action, while the Adjudicator is investigating the complaint.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 22/10/2014 15:28:05 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

92016

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of correspondence from hon. Members to each UK Visas and Immigration regional account management team was responded to within the 20 working day target in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	209546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The current regional structure was established in April 2013. <br>The proportion of correspondence responded to within the 20 working day target since then by UK Visas &amp; Immigration is as follows:<br><br>Jan – June 2014 Performance %<br><br>National 82%<br>London and South East 86%<br>Midlands, East of England and International 81%<br>North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland 80%<br>North West, Wales and South West 75%<br><br>April – December 2013 Performance %<br><br>National 66%<br>London and South East 73%<br>Midlands, East of England and International 71%<br>North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland 59%<br>North West, Wales and South West 41%<br><br>The regional figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/10/2014 10:47:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

92287

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of the court at Shire Hall in Bedford has been, by major cost category, in each of the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	209777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>HMCTS keeps its estate under continuous review to ensure that it meets operational requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The costs for the Magistrates, County and Family Courts at Shire Hall, Bedford in each month between September 2013 and August 2014 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Rent &amp; Rates</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td><td><p>IT and</p><p>Telecoms</p></td><td><p>Total Facilities Management ²</p></td><td><p>Fuel and Utilities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>£10,025</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£1,782</p></td><td><p>£33,386</p></td><td><p>£2,105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>£10,025</p></td><td><p>£546</p></td><td><p>£700</p></td><td><p>£5,960</p></td><td><p>£1,549</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>£10,025</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£7,004</p></td><td><p>£36,016</p></td><td><p>£4,099</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>£10,025</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£1,184</p></td><td><p>-£2,777</p></td><td><p>£7,503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>£10,025</p></td><td><p>£3,049</p></td><td><p>£1,404</p></td><td><p>-£19,380</p></td><td><p>£5,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>£10,025</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£2,555</p></td><td><p>-£2,996</p></td><td><p>£6,087</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>£10,025</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£15,313</p></td><td><p>-£159</p></td><td><p>£6,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>£9,841</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£2,960</p></td><td><p>-£80</p></td><td><p>£2,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>£9,841</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£2,644</p></td><td><p>£6,103</p></td><td><p>£3,621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>£11,066</p></td><td><p>£2,057</p></td><td><p>-£411</p></td><td><p>£21,708</p></td><td><p>£2,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>£10,249</p></td><td><p>£1,900</p></td><td><p>£4,720</p></td><td><p>£16,929</p></td><td><p>£3,918</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>£10,249</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£2,160</p></td><td><p>£29,700</p></td><td><p>£2,581</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p> </p><p>1. The TFM contract came into effect in February 2012 and includes miscellaneous property costs</p><p>2. Reflects in-year accounting adjustments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The costs for the Magistrates, County and Family Courts at Shire Hall, Bedford in each year since 2009 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Rent &amp; Rates</p></td><td><p>Maintenance</p></td><td><p>Misc property costs</p></td><td><p>IT and</p><p>Telecoms</p></td><td><p>TFM</p></td><td><p>Fuel and Utilities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>£107,565</p></td><td><p>£112, 206</p></td><td><p>£133,983</p></td><td><p>£64,492</p></td><td><p>- ¹</p></td><td><p>£107,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010- 2011</p></td><td><p>£102,010</p></td><td><p>£99,895</p></td><td><p>£114,691</p></td><td><p>£452</p></td><td><p>-¹</p></td><td><p>£2,083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>£110,985</p></td><td><p>£79,787</p></td><td><p>£101,137</p></td><td><p>£8,743</p></td><td><p>£18,472</p></td><td><p>£45,376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>£117,110</p></td><td><p>£12,163</p></td><td><p>£277¹</p></td><td><p>£22,997</p></td><td><p>£155,169</p></td><td><p>£52,552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>£120,295</p></td><td><p>£1,772</p></td><td><p>£0¹</p></td><td><p>£35,909</p></td><td><p>£106,385</p></td><td><p>£49,829</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:</p><p> </p><p>1. The TFM contract came into effect in February 2012 and includes miscellaneous property costs</p><p>2. Reflects in-year accounting adjustments.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/10/2014 13:02:47 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

90814

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that HM Revenue and Customs collect detailed statistics on tax avoidance separately from data on general compliance.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	208369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are developing a new system to allow them to interrogate more easily data on avoidance. This system will complement other strategic HMRC case management systems.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/09/2014 09:43:39 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

90815

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bankruptcy: Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a threshold for the maximum proportion of a person’s assets HM Revenue and Customs should seek as advance payment on tax avoidance schemes to prevent people becoming bankrupt.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	208370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) will treat Accelerated Payments as a debt like any other, so HMRC will be able to use their normal considerations and flexibilities in cases of genuine hardship. HMRC will consider alternative payment arrangements as they do with any debt. The priority in cases of genuine hardship will be to get people onto a payment track so that the debt is paid as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>It would be complex and costly to assess the ability of all those due an Accelerated Payment notice to pay the notice in advance of issuing it. It also risks creating a rigid approach that does not provide the flexibility to treat individual cases on their own terms.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will equally be able to use their full range of debt collection powers as necessary to recover what is owed by the taxpayer, including insolvency powers in the most extreme cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC will always ensure that its action is proportionate and the particular action will always depend on the precise facts and circumstances of the particular taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/09/2014 09:47:23 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

89984

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many tax avoidance cases HM Revenue and Customs has litigated in each of the last five years; and in how many of these it was successful.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	207624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Between March 2010 and April 2014, decisions were handed down by the courts and tribunals in 124 tax avoidance cases litigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). HMRC was successful in winning all or some points in 101of these. Many of these cases involved several taxpayers, and concerned marketed avoidance schemes used by many more. The following table sets out the number of litigation cases that have been decided upon and the number of cases where HMRC has been successful on some or all points in the years 2010/11 to 2013/14. A similar analysis has not been made for 2009/10.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Decisions in avoidance cases</p></td><td><p>Successes for HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/09/2014 15:07:52 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

89985

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees HM Revenue and Customs had in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	207623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics publishes staffing figures in the Annual Civil Service Survey reports. These can be found at <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/civil-service-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/civil-service-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/09/2014 15:04:26 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

89986

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will distribute any remaining funds in the Equitable Life Payment Scheme to Equitable Life victims at scheme closure.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	207625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>No decisions have been taken. As reported in the Scheme’s July Progress Report, the Scheme has now issued payments of around £972.9 million to 877,414 policyholders. In the context of Scheme’s £1.5 billion allocation, which includes funding for the continuing annual payments to With-Profit Annuitants, the Scheme has made good progress in tracing policyholders. However, the Scheme remains committed to finding and paying as many eligible policyholders as possible prior to its closure. Any decision will therefore be taken at the end of the Scheme, taking account of ongoing challenges facing public finances at that time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/09/2014 15:31:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

90112

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Learning Disability: Reasonable Adjustments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the examples of good practice detailed in the report Making Reasonable Adjustments to Primary Care Services -Supporting the Implementation of Annual Health Checks for people with learning disabilities, published in March 2014, are being implemented across the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	207629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In July 2013, the Government set out its response to the recommendations made in the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities which set out actions to reduce premature mortality among people with learning disabilities. Progress is monitored by the Learning Disability Programme Board (LDPB), which I chair. The board meets three times a year and includes membership from stakeholders and external agencies. An update report was presented to the LDPB on 17 July which will be published online shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently looking at how it can improve the uptake of annual health checks for people with learning disabilities and it has included this as a key objective in its Learning Disability Programme. The Learning Disabilities Public Health Observatory is working with NHS England to ensure the implementation plan is as robust as possible. This work will include examples of good practice from areas where uptake for health checks is high, and how to replicate these successes throughout the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also planning a workshop later this year to bring together key stakeholders, for example, Royal Colleges, Academic Health Science Networks, Primary Care, Strategic Clinical Networks and people with learning disabilities to discuss how quality of care and outcomes can be improved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 207626 207628 question first answered 08/09/2014 14:25:57 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

90115

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he has had with external agencies on reducing premature mortality of people with learning disabilities since April 2013; and what progress he has made on reducing such premature mortality.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	207628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In July 2013, the Government set out its response to the recommendations made in the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities which set out actions to reduce premature mortality among people with learning disabilities. Progress is monitored by the Learning Disability Programme Board (LDPB), which I chair. The board meets three times a year and includes membership from stakeholders and external agencies. An update report was presented to the LDPB on 17 July which will be published online shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently looking at how it can improve the uptake of annual health checks for people with learning disabilities and it has included this as a key objective in its Learning Disability Programme. The Learning Disabilities Public Health Observatory is working with NHS England to ensure the implementation plan is as robust as possible. This work will include examples of good practice from areas where uptake for health checks is high, and how to replicate these successes throughout the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also planning a workshop later this year to bring together key stakeholders, for example, Royal Colleges, Academic Health Science Networks, Primary Care, Strategic Clinical Networks and people with learning disabilities to discuss how quality of care and outcomes can be improved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 207626 207629 question first answered 08/09/2014 14:25:57 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller